James Schureman

James Schureman (12 February 1756-22 January 1824) was a member of the US House of Representatives from New Jersey's at-large district from 4 March 1789 to 3 March 1791 (preceding Jonathan Dayton) and from 4 March 1797 to 3 March 1799 (succeeding Thomas Henderson), a US Senator from New Jersey from 4 March 1799 to 16 February 1801 (succeeding Franklin Davenport and preceding Aaron Ogden), and a member of the House of Representatives from New Jersey's 2nd district from 4 March 1813 to 3 March 1815. He was a member of the Federalist Party.

Biography
James Schureman was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1756, and he served as a captain in the Middlesex County militia during the American Revolutionary War. He was captured at the Battle of Long Island, but he escaped from British captivity in 1777 to rejoin the Continental Army at Morristown. From 1783 to 1785, he served in the New Jersey General Assembly, and he served in the Continental Congress before returning to the state legislature. Scureman then served in the US House of Representatives from 1789 to 1791, from 1797 to 1799, and from 1813 to 1815, as well as in the US Senate from 1799 to 1801. During these times, he concurrently served as Mayor of New Brunswick and a member of the New Jersey Legislative Council. He died in New Brunswick in 1824.